Evelyne Viens

Evelyne Viens (born 6 February 1997) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Serie A club Roma and the Canada national team. She played college soccer at the University of South Florida.
Early life
Viens began playing soccer at age five with AS Mistral Laurentien. At age 14, she received an invitation to join the Quebec provincial team, but declined the opportunity. She joined CS Haute-Saint-Charles, when she was 14.
College career
Viens played for the USF Bulls women's soccer team from 2016 to 2019, where she became the team's all-time top scorer with 73 goals and was named to the NCAA All-American team three times. She also holds the school record for the most single season goals and has the most career goals in American Athletic Conference history.
She scored her first collegiate goal on 25 August 2016 against Kentucky.
Club career
In 2018 and 2019, she played for Dynamo de Quebec in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec.
Sky Blue FC (later renamed NY/NJ Gotham FC) selected Viens with the fifth-overall pick in the 2020 NWSL College Draft. She made her Sky Blue FC debut on 30 June 2020 in the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup . Viens scored her first goal for the club on 22 July 2020, in a 3–2 defeat to the Chicago Red Stars during the semi-finals of the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup. In August 2020, Sky Blue loaned Viens to Paris FC. Viens returned to the club in March 2021.
In December 2021, Gotham FC loaned Viens to Damallsvenskan club Kristianstad for the 2022 season. In August 2022, she announced that she would not return to the United States. On 10 September, she scored four goals in a league match and a hat-trick on 24 September. On 30 September, Kristianstad signed her to a two-year contract.
In August 2023, Viens joined A.S. Roma in the Italian Serie A, on a three-year contract.
International career
She was named to the Canada national team for the first time for the 2021 SheBelieves Cup. She made her debut against the United States on 18 February. She scored her first goal for Canada on 9 April 2021 against Wales.
On 23 June 2021, she was named to the roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were postponed until the summer of 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Canada won gold in the games, and Viens became the first USF alum to win an Olympic medal as an athlete.
Career statistics
Club
International goals
Honours
South Florida Bulls
American Athletic Conference Champion: 2017-19
Second Team All-American: 2019
Third Team All-American: 2017-18
Conference Offensive Player of the Year: 2018-19
First Team All-Conference: 2017-19
Dynamo de Quebec
PLSQ Championship: 2018
Canada
Summer Olympics: 2021
Individual
PLSQ Golden Boot: 2018
Notes
References
External links
South Florida profile
1997 births
Living people
French Quebecers
Canadian women's soccer players
People from Capitale-Nationale
Women's association football forwards
South Florida Bulls women's soccer players
Ligue1 Québec féminine players
NJ/NY Gotham FC draft picks
NJ/NY Gotham FC players
Paris FC (women) players
Kristianstads DFF players
National Women's Soccer League players
Division 1 Féminine players
Damallsvenskan players
Canadian expatriate women's soccer players
Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
University of South Florida alumni
Canada women's international soccer players
Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic soccer players for Canada
University of South Florida olympians
Olympic medalists in football
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Canada
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players